The Makgabeng dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus montiscaeruli) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[2]
| Lygodactylus montiscaeruli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. montiscaeruli
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus montiscaeruli Jacobsen, 1992
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Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of L. montiscaeruli are rocky areas and savanna.[1]
Description edit
L. montiscaeruli has 7 to 8 precloacal pores.[3]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R. (2018). "Lygodactylus montiscaeruli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T196922A115662265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T196922A115662265.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Lygodactylus montiscaeruli at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli, p. 248 + Plate 109).
Further reading edit
- Jacobsen NHG (1992). "New Lygodactylus taxa (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Transvaal". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 43 (4): 527–542. (Lygodactylus nigropunctatus montiscaeruli, new subspecies, pp. 532–537, Figures 1–2).
- Röll B (2018). "Tagaktive, kleine Geckos – die Gattung Lygodactylus". Reptilia 23 (132): 16–23. (in German).
- Travers SL, Jackman TR, Bauer AM (2014). "A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 31–42. (Lygodactylus montiscaeruli, new status).